scannon Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 The dash through early morning Paris was NOT filmed in a Ferrari! It was filmed in a Mercedes Benz 450SEL sedan. The Ferrari soundtrack was added a week later. :cry: CLICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I was always convinced that it was fake, although I thought for sure part of the fakeness involved speeding things up... There is one part in particular where it sounds like the Ferrari is FLYING, yet it's passing a car to its right at may be 30MPH faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Steve Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thats a cool vid, But I think the motor sounds are from a BMW bike, having worked at a Ferrari dealership many moons ago,and been lucky to get to drive early and the later models up to a 288, No Ferrari gearbox can be downshifted that quick the old fashion way. But then maybe I am getting it all wrong and it's paddle shifted.It's a welldone Fraud !!!!! Ss1steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thats a cool vid, But I think the motor sounds are from a BMW bike, According to the website, they used a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB. I don't think they had paddle shifters back then. :nonod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Steve Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Hi scannon, According to your first post it was a Mercedes Benz 450 sel, ( nice car), now it's a 275 gtb, ( even nicer car). So who was driving what !!!! I have never driven a 275 with paddles, you are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Hi scannon, According to your first post it was a Mercedes Benz 450 sel, ( nice car), now it's a 275 gtb, ( even nicer car). So who was driving what !!!! I have never driven a 275 with paddles, you are correct. The 450SEL was used to film the drive, the Ferrari 275GTB drove the same route a week later but was only used to make the soundtrack. Same driver for both cars. A test drive was done by someone else in the Mercedes as shown in one of the clips on the website. That one is in French and probably would have been more interesting if I were able to understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 The 450SEL was used to film the drive, the Ferrari 275GTB drove the same route a week later but was only used to make the soundtrack. Same driver for both cars. A test drive was done by someone else in the Mercedes as shown in one of the clips on the website. That one is in French and probably would have been more interesting if I were able to understand it. Where are the forum frenchies when you need them? Busa can probably help, but he's probably awestruck by the V8 chainsaw video I showed him earlier :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaLoco Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 "C'était un rendez-vous" .... You can't write that on this Forum! ... USA = English or Spanish :toetap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 "C'était un rendez-vous" .... You can't write that on this Forum! ... USA = English or Spanish :toetap: The Spanish part was a joke. The English part... well... not too much to ask :leaving: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 "C'était un rendez-vous" .... You can't write that on this Forum! ... USA = English or Spanish :toetap: A thousand pardons, what was I thinking, just copying and pasting the title without first running it through a translator. :banghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solder_guy Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Rendezvous by Claude Lelouch. (1976) Here's the video from youtube without going throught the premium blend website. Arc de Triomphe, Les Champs-Elysées, Place de la Concorde, Musée du Louvre, Opéra national de Paris, and ends on the hill of Sacré Coeur. After the Arc, halfway down the Les Champs-Elysées there's a first generation, yellow Celica!! Rob Mitchell Rob YouTube Video Here's some hx on the film .. YouTube Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBH Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 5 speed gearbox on the soundtrack. No paddles, just fast feet. Sounds like a 12 cylinder Ferrari to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayseven Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 je ne comprends pas le but de l'exercise. I don't get it. Driving fast through Paris. So? By the way, in essence, he says: "there were no camera tricks or accelerated footage used" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaLoco Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 je ne comprends pas le but de l'exercise. ... Do you want to get us all into trouble! USA = English and Spanish. Mais personnellement, j'aime beaucoup quand vous ecrivez en francais. ... Vivre Les Septs Libre! :_deadhorse: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 je ne comprends pas le but de l'exercise. ... Do you want to get us all into trouble! USA = English and Spanish. Mais personnellement, j'aime beaucoup quand vous ecrivez en francais. ... Vivre Les Septs Libre! :_deadhorse: I see the USA7s = English has really made an impression on you... Now repeat this: Big V8 is better than bike engine :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaLoco Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Especially in a Tractor Pull or when you are Towing a Boat! ... Gotta like that torque curve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevet Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 This from my friend in the UK (and 250 Ferrari owner!) It's very interesting because the legend would have you believe that the film was shot from the 275 GTB driven by a French F1 driver...someone like Rene Arnoux...and that there was nothing fake about it. Personally, though, I always had a few doubts about the sound track because it seems a bit faster than the picture. It's a long time since I did this, but I seem to remember that if you time the car down the Champs Elysee from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place Concorde which is about 1200 metres its average speed is about 70mph. But the Ferrari sound track is flat out in fifth...150mph! There's quite a bit of tyre squeal too which I don't think there would have been. Like most people I had no idea that the thing was filmed from a Merc and later dubbed with 'Rari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I have always enjoyed that film - still do. I too suspect some "artistic license" may have been used in its creation, but I try to ignore it. I mean, in reality, a hot chick like Snow White never would have moved in with seven dwarf miners either, but I try not to nit-pick escapist films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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